Nor need we power or splendor, Wide halls or lordly dome, T… - Sarah Josepha Hale

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Nor need we power or splendor,
Wide halls or lordly dome,
The good, the true, the tender,
These form the wealth of home.

Sarah Josepha Hale

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About Sarah Josepha Hale

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (October 24, 1788 – April 30, 1879) was an American writer, activist, and editor of the most widely circulated magazine in the period before the Civil War, Godey's Lady's Book. She was the author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Hale famously campaigned for the creation of the American holiday known as Thanksgiving, and for the completion of the Bunker Hill Monument.

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Birth Name: Sarah Josepha Buell

Alternative Names: Sarah Josepha Buell Hale • Sarah J. Hale • Sarah Hale

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Nor need we power or splendor, Wide halls or lordly dome, The good, the true, the tender, These form the wealth of home. - Sarah Josepha Hale

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